Spain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña
Month: September 2015
Hough’s The Loneliest Wilderness Opens Beethoven Cycle
Singapore Hough, Beethoven: Ng Pei-Sian (cello), Stephen Hough (piano), Lan Shui (conductor) Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Esplanade Concert Hall, 02.09.2015 (RP)
in Steven Hough’s The Loneliest Wilderness
San Francisco Symphony Performs Memorably in Berlin
Germany Schoenberg, Adams, Beethoven: St. Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas, Berlin Musikfest 2015, Philharmonie, Berlin 4.9.15 (MC)
c Bill Swerbenski
Boulez, Grime, and Mason at a Proms Saturday Matinée
United Kingdom Proms Saturday Matinée 4, Boulez, Grime, and Mason: London Sinfonietta, Thierry Fischer (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London. 29.8.2015
Rare Messiaen and Moving Bruckner from Scottish Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Prom 63 – Messiaen, Mozart and Bruckner: Igor Levit (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2015 (AS)
A Compelling George Benjamin Conducts a Trio of Masterworks
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (3), Messiaen, Ligeti, Benjamin: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), International Contemporary Ensemble, George Benjamin (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 16.8.2015 (BH)
Portrait of a Young Protégé
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (2), Dai Fujikura: International Contemporary Ensemble, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)
A Sense of Wonder as Indelible “Skin” Arrives Onstage
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (1), George Benjamin, Written on Skin (U.S. stage premiere): Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director), David H. Koch Theater, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)